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1 week ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Rockvale’s softball team picked up a much-needed district win Tuesday night, April 15, at Siegel with a 5-4 victory over the Lady Stars. Rockvale held off a seventh-inning rally that saw the Stars get within one as two runs came across on a dropped fly ball with the bases loaded. “We’ve been in every game but for some reason have had trouble in the seventh (inning),” Rockvale coach Perry Lyons said.
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1 week ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Ivan Aronin |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Blackman’s Kylie Breaky slides head first into third base safely ahead of the tag from Siegel’s Lex Jones during their district softball game. JIM DAVISBlackman and Siegel opened the District 8 softball season on April 8 as the visiting Lady Blaze got their first district win, 14-11 over the Lady Stars. “I think (Blackman) had a lot of energy in the game,” Blackman’s Sophia Sullivan said.
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3 weeks ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
BY MATTHEW [email protected] Siegel baseball team moved to 4-0 in district play as the Stars took game one of their three-game series against Riverdale with a 3-0 victory Tuesday night. “It’s good to get an early win in a series against a district team,” Siegel game winner Ryan Russell said. “We were coming off a sweep against Oakland and have momentum.
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2 months ago | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Siegel’s Carter Webb scores over the Riverdale defense during their district game at Siegel Friday night. PHOTO BY JIM DAVISThe Siegel Stars were winners in two action-packed games at home Friday versus the Riverdale Warriors, with the boys earning a 51-43 win and the Lady Stars a 57-52 victory. Siegel’s boys avenged an earlier season loss to the Warriors, improving to 3-2 in the district while Riverdale fell to 2-3.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Riverdale’s Hudson Fuqua goes up for a shot against Oakland’s Braynt Haggard during their game Friday night at Riverdale. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GIGLIORiverdale and Oakland met for the first time this year at Riverdale and split games Friday night, with the Lady Patriots earning a 65-44 win and the Warriors an 85-81 double-overtime thriller in the boys’ contest.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Oakland’s football team celebrates winning the BlueCross Bowl 6A state championship for the fourth time in five years Saturday night in Chattanooga. PHOTO BY CARL EDMONDSONCHATTANOOGA — The Oakland Patriots won their fourth state title in five years, avenging last season’s loss to Houston with a 42-20 win over the Mustangs Saturday night at Finley Stadium in the BlueCross State 6A state title game. “At the end of the day we just wanted a state championship,” Oakland coach Kevin Creasy said.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
punchng.com | MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Many people living outside the United States think it is one homogeneous country. The founder of an Australian company told me they plan to enter the US because it is one huge market that speaks one language and has one set of rules. Compared with Europe’s 44 countries, that assumption is correct as the US is easier to navigate. However, it is a mistake to underestimate the complexity and diversity in our country. Anyone who has travelled within the US knows that each region is unique.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
thecable.ng | MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer |Simon Kolawole
Many people living outside the United States think it is one homogeneous country. The founder of an Australian company told me they plan to enter the U.S. because it is one huge market that speaks one language and has one set of rules. Compared with Europe’s 44 countries, that assumption is correct: the U.S. is easier to navigate. However, it is a mistake to underestimate the complexity and diversity in our country. Anyone who has traveled within the U.S. knows that each region is unique.
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May 24, 2024 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Stewarts Creek’s softball team enjoys the moment after finishing runner-up to Dobyns Bennett in the TSSAA Class 4-A softball tournament Friday at MTSU. MICHAEL GIGLIOStewarts Creek’s softball team fell just short in the 4-A state championship game Friday morning at MTSU in a 3-2 loss to the Dobyns Bennett Indians. “I’m super proud of these girls,” Stewarts Creek coach Jennifer Fernandez said. “They’re fighters and they know what we have and what we had, and they know how they finished.
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May 23, 2024 | 
mainstreetmediatn.com | Monte Hale |MATTHEW SAWYer |Matthew H. Sawyer
Stewarts Creek players celebrate a play against Knoxville Halls during their 4-A state tournament game. MICHAEL GIGLIOStewarts Creek will be playing for its first state title in softball Friday after the Red Hawks won three game Thursday, including defeating the Knoxville Halls Red Devils 3-2 Thursday in eight innings when Bella Richer crossed the plate on a walk-off single by Alayna Wilson. The Red Hawks will face Dobyns Bennett Friday at 10 a.m. at MTSU in the championship game.
